Comments | eleanor: More Domestic Bliss in Brooklyn, or Fun with Fuses

eleanor

More Domestic Bliss in Brooklyn, or Fun with Fuses

Dec 12, 2008 15:33

We have the top floor of a two-family house, which was built sometime in the early 1940s. With the exception of the original (and very excellent) stove and the slightly newer refrigerator, all of our appliances are from this decade, which is something of a problem; the circuit breakers (I think that’s what you call them) have a hard time with all ( Read more... )

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butterflysneeze December 12 2008, 20:41:00 UTC

You can outsource your laundry?

Woah, cool.

eleanor December 12 2008, 20:42:08 UTC

Yes, but it only goes two blocks away, not actually to Russia.

butterflysneeze December 12 2008, 20:44:44 UTC

That's really immaterial -- I don't have any Russians like that here. And I want some.

eleanor December 12 2008, 20:48:30 UTC

You just need to move to a different neighborhood.

fuses and old buildings lisajulie December 12 2008, 21:53:16 UTC

Back in the day, I lived in a building which had been re-worked (and re-muddled) in the fuse arena. When I ended up with neighbors who would snatch _my_ fuse to replace the fuse they had blown (even though there were replacement fuses next to the fuse block), I achieved an _attitude_. I grew to despise these people and cheered when they were evicted.

Re: fuses and old buildings eleanor December 13 2008, 14:27:09 UTC

No issues like that. Just electrical wiring older than the blow dryer or microwave.

magicwoman December 12 2008, 22:02:40 UTC

Sounds like quite the adventure!!

We just had the plumber in to fix the kitchen sink and bathtub. Not riveting, but needful.

Have a great weekend!
Susan

eleanor December 13 2008, 14:26:20 UTC

Plumbing is usually worse than electrical, which is usually worse than structural modifications, which is usually worse than home improvement projects. In the hierarchy of home repairs.

steelbrassnwood December 12 2008, 22:21:49 UTC

The laundry is coming! The laundry is coming!

"It is necessary for you to remain in this house at most vigorously for short time only."

eleanor December 13 2008, 14:24:50 UTC

*Snarf*

lacachet December 12 2008, 22:50:14 UTC

You sound very happy! Will the girls trek out to see you, or is Brooklyn the "hinterlands" to them? :)

eleanor December 13 2008, 14:24:24 UTC

Well, Betsy will be twenty next month, and she's going to college in New Jersey, so while she will occasionally drive out here with her dogs (she now has two standard poodles) she won't come frequently. Vicky is still in high school, and while she's no stranger to Brooklyn, this is not a neighborhood that holds much for her and she spends most of her free time with friends, which is how it should be. I expect that when we move again (to another area of Brooklyn, within the year) that she'll live with us part time. It will, I think, depend on whether we live in an area that offers easy public transportation to her school.